A quirky little piece of WW2 history, starts off well but then just flutters along and dissipates and becomes less realistic and less interesting and quite predictable. Never quite sure whether to be serious, romantic or humorous. Lot of name dropping and cameos of European artists and intellectuals but they mostly come across as stereotypes and comic relief.
The lead characters are very attractive, I especially like Gillian Jacobs as Mary-Jayne Gould but her character evolved from steely can-do woman to the standard woman who melts when the good looking guy falls for her. And, what would a 2023 show be without the requisite gay affair. Much of the story becomes very hard to believe (even though it is based on a true story) and a bit hard to follow, were the Germans and the Vichy French really that stupid?
The lead characters are very attractive, I especially like Gillian Jacobs as Mary-Jayne Gould but her character evolved from steely can-do woman to the standard woman who melts when the good looking guy falls for her. And, what would a 2023 show be without the requisite gay affair. Much of the story becomes very hard to believe (even though it is based on a true story) and a bit hard to follow, were the Germans and the Vichy French really that stupid?